Slow-Intensity Conflict In The South China Sea
In May 2000, Philippines president Joseph Estrada visited Beijing and signed five accords to ease tensions over disputed islands...
A Nation Must Think Before it Acts
Slow-Intensity Conflict In The South China Sea
A nation must think before it acts.
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Ivory Coast and Zimbabwe: Two Tales of Self-Destruction
It is no secret that signs of social, political, and economic progress in Africa have been rare indeed. What...
Why Tokyo Will Be a Larger Player in Asia
U.S. policymakers seem to have given up on Japan. Who can take a country seriously when its June 25...
Hafez Al-Asad: The Man Who Waited Too Long
The debate over whether Hafez al-Assad of Syria would ever make peace with Israel has now been settled: not...
Camp David II: Perils of the Endgame
On September 5, 1978, then President Jimmy Carter convened a summit conference at the Camp David retreat to save...
Foreign Affairs, Federalism, and Well-Meaning Mischief: A Constitutional Close Shave on Massachusetts’s Burma Law
When the United States Supreme Court unanimously struck down a Massachusetts law that restricted the state’s government agencies’ purchases...
Fallout from the Summit: The Consequences of Korean Detente
The unexpectedly upbeat tenor of the Korean summit meeting is prompting analysts to consider the possibility of unexpected strategic...
The Feminization of the American Military
In a tender love song from the late 1970’s, Bob Dylan asked, “Can you cook and sew and make...
The Hong Kong Experiment: A Peek into the Laboratory
“Pay attention!” That was the message I heard on a recent visit to Hong Kong. In one form or...
Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin in 1994: A Personal Recollection
In the early 1990s, St. Petersburg’s First Deputy Mayor Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin was a powerful figure in Mayor Sobchak’s...